Door holder



Nov. 3, 1931. H W5 1,830,296

' DOOR HOLDER Filed June 11. 1 950 I NVENTOR.

BY ATTORNEY Patented No -'3, 1931 JosErH n. srmo, on "CALIFORNIA noon Rowan .application flled a 11', 1,986ii' Serial; No. 466,3561

, This invention relates to doorholders and has for itsspecial object theprovision of an.

. auxiliary tool for carpenters and cabinet makers use whereby a hung door may be retained in a definiteposition while the door is being mortised for, and locks or latches fitted and installed.

Another object of the invention is to provide, a device of the type described which is automatic in action,and which may be applied to doors of different; thicknesses, with- V out in anyway niarring the'door, and which is instantly and conveniently attached and detached, and which will retain the door'at any angle of opening to which the door is adjusted.

Other objects of'the invention will become apparent as the following detailed description is read on the drawings forming a part of this specification. Y

The invention consists primarily of an inverted channel adapted to fit about the lower in. dotted "lines, the retracted position of the g V f U outer end of a door, the channel having hingedly connected and resiliently retracted transverse legs with resilient feet adapted to engage the floor on opposite sides of the door, the inward pull of the resilient members causing the feet to engage the floor and brace the 1 door against swinging in either direction, 3

thereby securely preventing movement thereof while mortising and similar operations are being performed.

' The invention'is adequately illustrated in the accompanying drawings in which:

' Fig. 1 is atop plan view of the invention;-

Fig. 2 is a front elevationthereof indicating its method of attachment to a door, and,

Fig. 3 is a side Similar reference characters are used to eral views e The operation of the device is best 'indicated in Fig. 2 in which a door 4, an end view 5 of the lower part of which is shown, has the channel shaped section 5 placed" about the lower end. The-legs 6 and 7 are hingedly connectedbetween the ears 8 by means of elevation of the device as applied to a fragmentary section of a door.

bolts san have fixed the lower end the resilient feet 10'which are adapted to'engage thefloor ll. W, 7

' Springs 12'ha've the outer en'dsbent" at right angles as at 13 and 1 1, the bent ends being retained respectively in apertures 15 in the legs 6 and 'Z and1-6 in the ears 17. The resilient feet 10' are'retained by any convenient method and are indicated in the drawings as 7 being cup shaped members retained on a circular foot 18. V

The channel shaped section is preferably made to accommodate two or more thicknesses of doors and this is accomplished by forming this channel to a plurality of different widths as shown at 19and 20.

The operation of the device is as follows: With the door partly open the legs 6 and 7 are drawn outwardly against the tension of the springs12 'and'the channel shaped section placed about the front lower end of the door with the web 21 against the bottom of c the door. The legs 6 and 7 are then released,

and are automatically drawn inwardly until the web 21 is forced against the bottom of the door, the legs 6 and 7 assuming the positionshown in full lines in Fig. 2, the feet 10 frictionally restraining the door from movement in either direction.

For removal it is simply necessary to spread the legs 6 and 7 when the device may be slipped off the door, the legs then automatically folding against the sides by action of the springs 12 as indicated in dotted lines in Fig.2. 7

Having described an operative method of constructing and operating the device it will be understoodthat variations in construction and arrangement of parts which are consistent with the appended claims may be resorted to without departing from the spirit or scope ofthe invention or sacrificing any of the advantages thereof.

VVlIat I claim is:

1. A door holder adapted to retain a partly open door against movement in either direction, in combination, means adapted to freely -fit about the bottom of the door and having pivotally mounted, resiliently retra'cted members adapted to engage the floor on I I channel having pivotally mounted thereon and resiliently retracted oppositely disposedstrut members, the lower ends of which'are adaptedto engage the floor when 'inangularxe I relation to said door.

3. A door holder, incombination, a' sllb stantially channel shapedmejmber ininverted 7 position and havingpivotally attached to and adjacent the upper edge of the legs, op p'ositely disposed, depending, resiliently;re tracted strut members, the ends ofwhich ex l tend below the Web of said channel shaped section. My f In testimony whereof I have affixed my signature.

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